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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2021 iii Paper 223 3 a Solution by
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Write . If is odd, the sample median equals one observation, with equally many below and above it; the corresponding terms cancel and the median term is zero. If is even, the conventional median lies strictly between the two middle observations when the are distinct, so exactly half the terms are and half are . In either caseHence is a Scale M-estimator.
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